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The salinity of Chesapeake Bay varies significantly depending on location and depth, but it generally ranges from about 0.5 parts per thousand (ppt) in the freshwater regions to around 30 ppt at its mouth where it meets the Atlantic Ocean. The salinity is influenced by factors such as rainfall, river flow, and tidal movements. Overall, Chesapeake Bay is considered a brackish water body, with a mix of freshwater from rivers and saltwater from the ocean.
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Why does the Chesapeake Bay not taste like salt?
The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary. It houses salt, fresh, and brackish (a mixture) of waters.
Is the Chesapeake bay freshwater?
yes and no because it is the only one that has both salt and fresh water
Where does the salt water of the Chesapeake bay come from?
When a Newfoundland and a Golden Retriever where beaded they got the Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
The chesapeake bay divides much of this state?
The Chesapeake Bay seems like it divides Maryland into two.
What is the bay located just east of our nation's capitol?
Chesapeake Bay is located to the east of Washington DC.Chesapeake bay
What comes first Chesapeake Bay or Chesapeake Bay retriver?
The Chesapeake Bay retriever was a breed that was founded on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. The bay was there long before the dog.
What was the southern colony on the Cheseapeke Bay?
The colony that was on the Chesapeake Bay was the Chesapeake Bay Colony.
Is the largest bay in North America?
The largest bay in North America is the Hudson Bay located in north-eastern Canada.
What bay does Potomac and Susquehanna flow into?
Chesapeake Bay
How did the Chesapeake Bay influence the development of Virginia?
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How did the Chesapeake bay influenced the development of Virginia?
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What was the Chesapeake Bay Retriever named after?
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is named so, because they were descovered near the Chesapeake Bay.
